Clinical Trials Logo

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

NCT number NCT05632770
Other study ID # STUDY00015632
Secondary ID R01MH130460
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date January 9, 2023
Est. completion date October 31, 2027

Study information

Verified date May 2024
Source University of Washington
Contact Douglas Zatzick, MD
Phone 206-744-6701
Email dzatzick@uw.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This investigation is a randomized pragmatic trial of a brief stepped care intervention delivered from an acute care medical trauma center that may both reduce the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and diminish emergency department health service utilization.


Description:

Life-threatening traumatic exposures requiring presentation to acute care medical settings are endemic in the US in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, firearm proliferation, and extreme weather events, and constitute both a substantial source of individual suffering and a significant public health burden. Each year in the US, over 30 million individuals present to acute care medical settings after injury, and approximately 2.5 million individuals are so severely injured that they require inpatient hospital admissions. The overarching goal of the Trauma Survivors Outcomes and Support (TSOS) investigation is to advance the sustainable delivery of high quality trauma center mental health screening, intervention and referral procedures for diverse injury survivors. Over the past two decades, the TSOS study team that includes research scientists, trauma surgical policymakers, patients, and frontline clinicians has established a track record of using evidence derived from NIH pragmatic trials to directly target American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (College) regulatory policy. The TSOS investigation will refine and test optimal stepped care intervention strategies for diverse injury survivors presenting to acute care medical settings with PTSD and associated comorbidity. This single trauma center site pragmatic trial investigation will individually randomize 424 patients (212 intervention and 212 control) to a brief stepped care intervention versus College required screening and referral control conditions. The stepped care intervention consists of proactive care management, as well as medications and psychotherapy elements targeting PTSD and comorbidity. Blinded follow-up interviews at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-injury will assess the symptoms of PTSD and related comorbidity for all patients. The emergency department health information exchange will be used to capture population-level automated emergency department/inpatient utilization data for the intent-to-treat sample. The investigation aims to test the primary hypotheses that intervention patients will demonstrate significant reductions in PTSD symptoms and emergency department/inpatient utilization when compared to control patients. The investigation will also explore mediators and moderators of intervention treatment effects that directly address actionable national trauma center quality improvements. A mixed method Rapid Assessment Procedure-Informed Clinical Ethnography (RAPICE) implementation process assessment will facilitate the integration of study results into national College policy requirements, guidelines, and verification criteria. A national trauma center survey will elucidate the progression of PTSD and comorbidity screening, intervention and referral for all US level I and II trauma centers. An end-of-study College policy summit will harness pragmatic trial data to inform the capacity for US trauma centers to implement high quality acute care medical mental health services for diverse patient populations.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 424
Est. completion date October 31, 2027
Est. primary completion date July 31, 2027
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Injured patients =18 years of age - Meet = 3 of 10 risk domain criteria in electronic health records (EHR) screen - Score of = 30 on DSM-5 PTSD Checklist (PCL) score or score of = 35 on DSM-IV PTSD Checklist (PCL) . - Speak English and/or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: - Age <18 - Not admitted for a traumatic injury - Speak a language other than English and/or Spanish - Acutely suicidal/admitted for a suicide attempt - Cognitively impaired - Incarcerated - Acutely psychotic - Not a resident of Washington, California, Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, or Nevada - Less than 2 pieces of contact information - Prior history of violence, such that study staff may not be safe - Patient with overwhelming psychiatric distress and not advisable/will not tolerate randomization to control condition - Most recent COVID-19 test positive

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Stepped Collaborative Care
Case management, behavioral intervention elements, psychopharmacologic medication recommendations and 24/7 cell phone coverage for 6 months post-injury.
American College of Surgeons (ACS) Required Screening and Referral (Usual Care)
The study will contribute to usual care with the study 10-domain electronic health record (EHR) screen and the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) evaluation. The study team may also collaborate with hospital providers on the referral process and/or inform a member of the patient's care team of distress patients are experiencing as identified by a DSM-5 PTSD Checklist (PCL) score of = 30 or a DSM-IV PTSD Checklist (PCL) score of = 35.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Harborview Medical Center Seattle Washington

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Washington National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms change over time The investigators will use the DSM-5 PTSD Checklist (PCL-5) and DSM-IV PTSD Checklist (PCL-IV). The scoring of the PCL-5 scale ranges from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 80, with higher scores indicating a worse outcome. The measure can also provide a rating of symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of PTSD. Change in symptoms at baseline injury admission and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-injury follow-up
Primary Emergency department utilization change over time Number of emergency visits will be assessed using the Emergency Department Information Exchange (EDIE). More emergency visits are indicative of a worse outcome. Baseline injury admission to 12-months post-injury follow-up
Secondary Alcohol use change over time The investigators will use the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Concise (AUDIT-C) measure. The 3-item scale score ranges from 0-12, with higher values indicating a worse outcome. Change in symptoms at baseline injury admission and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-injury follow-up
Secondary Mental and physical functioning change over time The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form healthy survey (SF-12) will be used as a continuous measure. The 12-item scale score ranges from 0-100, with higher scores representing a better outcome. The two summary measures, Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS), will be scored. Change in symptoms at baseline injury admission and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-injury follow-up
Secondary Depression symptoms change over time The Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item Depression Scale (PHQ-9) will be used to assess symptoms of depression. The scoring of the scale ranges from 0-27, with higher scores indicating a worse outcome. The scale can also be dichotomized to indicate depressive symptom cutoffs and DSM depressive disorder criteria. Change in symptoms at baseline injury admission and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-injury follow-up
Secondary Suicide risk assessment change over time The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS) is a 6-item questionnaire to assess risk of suicide. The scoring of the scale ranges from 2-25, with higher scores indicating a worse outcome. Change in symptoms at baseline injury admission and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-injury follow-up
Secondary Substance use change over time Single items self report that assesses opioid use, amphetamines, cocaine and marijuana. Single item self-report are categorically rated from no use to use four or more times a week. Change in symptoms at baseline injury admission and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-injury follow-up
See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Active, not recruiting NCT03962504 - Written Exposure Therapy Versus Prolonged Exposure: a Non-inferiority Trial N/A
Completed NCT01995123 - Behavioral Activation for Smoking Cessation in PTSD N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT06278922 - Evaluating Signs of Safety: A Deaf-Accessible Therapy Toolkit for AUD and Trauma N/A
Completed NCT04597450 - Lu AG06466 in Participants With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Phase 1
Completed NCT03593772 - Mission Reconnect- Delivering a Mobile and Web Based Self Directed Complementary And Integrative Health Program to Veterans and Their Partners to Manage Pain and PTSD N/A
Completed NCT03429166 - Connecting Women to Care: Home-based Psychotherapy for Women With MST Living in Rural Areas N/A
Recruiting NCT04317820 - Deep Brain Reorienting in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder N/A
Active, not recruiting NCT04588883 - Strengthening Families Living With HIV in Kenya N/A
Completed NCT03504722 - Evaluating the Feasibility of RESCUE: An Adjunctive HAI-Based Intervention for Veterans With PTSD N/A
Completed NCT04305353 - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Diary Project N/A
Completed NCT03113890 - McLean and Genomind Prospective Study N/A
Withdrawn NCT05173831 - Study of Feasibility and Safety of MDMA-Assisted Group Therapy for the Treatment of PTSD in Veterans Phase 2
Not yet recruiting NCT04056767 - Changes in Digital Phenotype During PE Therapy
Withdrawn NCT03924297 - Chilipad for Sleep and Symptoms of PTSD N/A
Completed NCT03343028 - Biomarker Establishment for Superior Treatment of PTSD
Completed NCT03158558 - Intensive Weekend Retreat Multi-Couple Group Therapy for PTSD N/A
Withdrawn NCT03216356 - Effect of D-cycloserine on a Short Imagery Rescripting Intervention for Subclinical PTSD Phase 2/Phase 3
Completed NCT02370173 - A Non-Pharmacological Method for Enhancing Sleep in PTSD N/A
Completed NCT01955538 - The Effect of BAT Versus Mixed Physical Activity as add-on Treatment for Traumatised Refugees. Phase 3
Withdrawn NCT01957371 - Mindful Yoga Therapy for Veterans With PTSD and Pain N/A